{"id":82577,"date":"2024-08-09T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82577"},"modified":"2024-08-09T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T18:09:02","slug":"carlos-carrasco-hip-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/09\/carlos-carrasco-hip-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Issue Forces Guardians Pitcher to Miss Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Guardians placed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/carraca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Carrasco<\/a> on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a left hip strain. Carrasco, 37, suffered the injury during his start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, during which he allowed four runs across 4 1\/3 innings. The right-hander will be eligible to be reinstated on August 23, but it&#8217;s yet to be determined how long he will be sidelined.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardians also optioned infielder\/outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/martian02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Angel Martinez<\/a> to Triple-A Columbus. In their places, Cleveland recalled outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brennwi02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Brennan<\/a> and reliever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/strzepe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peter Strzelecki<\/a> from Columbus. Left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cantijo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joey Cantillo<\/a> was also called up as the 27th man for Cleveland&#8217;s doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Moves before game one of the doubleheader.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ForTheLand<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dT0Frj6CAB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dT0Frj6CAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 GuardsInsider (@GuardsInsider) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GuardsInsider\/status\/1821930386626138380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Carlos Carrasco Out with Hip Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Carrasco lands on the IL for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/21\/carlos-carrasco-neck-spasms-injured-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">second time this season<\/a>. He opened the year on the 15-day injured list due to neck spasms after signing a minor league deal to return to Cleveland this past offseason. Carrasco is currently second on the team in games started, only behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bibeeta01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanner Bibee<\/a>. Carrasco has been a consistent pitcher in the rotation this season. However, his results aren&#8217;t what they were years ago. He has thrown 103 2\/3 innings with a dismal 5.64 ERA. His 19.9 percent strikeout rate goes with his 7.4 percent walk rate, which is slightly better than average.<\/p>\n<p>Carrasoc&#8217;s absence will test the depth of Cleveland&#8217;s pitching. They already lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/biebesh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Bieber<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/04\/06\/cleveland-guardians-ace-to-miss-rest-of-2024-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Tommy John surgery<\/a>) and have seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=allenlo02,allenlo01&amp;search=Logan+Allen&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan Allen<\/a> and Triston struggle as they are both in Columbus. The Guardians did <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/30\/alex-cobb-trade-guardians-giants\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">acquire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cobbal01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Cobb<\/a> at the trade deadline and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/06\/27\/matthew-boyd-cleveland-guardians\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">signed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=boydma01,boyd--002mat&amp;search=Matthew+Boyd&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Boyd<\/a>, who is wrapping up his rehab from Tommy John surgery. Cobb is will make his season debut tonight. Cleveland&#8217;s rotation could include Bibee, Cobb, Boyd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=williga01,willia002gav&amp;search=Gavin+Williams&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gavin Williams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/livelbe01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-09_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Lively<\/a>. There is potential for this to work even if it&#8217;s not a dominant rotation, but the Guardians have one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/01\/guardians-best-bullpen-baseball\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">best bullpens in baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Guardians placed Carlos Carrasco on the 15-day injured list Friday due to a left hip strain. Carrasco, 37, suffered the injury during his start against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday, during which he allowed four runs across 4 1\/3 innings. The right-hander will be eligible to be reinstated on August 23, but it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":82579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1071,35],"tags":[1121,28569,28587,1562,3736,3623,28586,2094,6375,28590],"class_list":["post-82577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardians","category-mlb","category-news","tag-alex-cobb","tag-angel-martinez","tag-ben-lively","tag-carlos-carrasco","tag-gavin-williams","tag-logan-allen","tag-matthew-boyd","tag-shane-bieber","tag-tanner-bibee","tag-will-brennan"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}